07/02/2024
Co-host Louis Paul was also interviewed recently by a Czech online fanzine, and however briefly, Weird Scenes was a topic of discussion.
Here's the translated version (which at times gets pretty rough - sorry, fellas, we are great friends, but have never been "roommates" - but you get the general picture.)
"I'm more interested in the "Weird Scenes Inside the Goldmine" podcast that you co-authored, and for good reason - you and your colleague Doc Savage discuss many great actors, actresses and cult films... podcasting, while it bears similarities to print publishing, is yet completely different in many ways.
How do you speak into a microphone compared to typing words on a typewriter/keyboard? Although audio is currently the preferred medium for many, which one do you personally prefer? Written or spoken word?
Do you know and listen to that podcast? Well thank you. I met "Doc" (obviously not his real name, but he used to work in an important job and didn't want it to affect his work, so he uses a pseudonym) when he sat in the front row during one of my early panels discussions at the film congress.
Of course, writing is different. You can go back to it as many times as you need to improve it, fix it, make sure your voice stands out. Podcasting is different. For Weird Scenes, we decide on the show schedule and topics.
In my idea, we try to cover what can be considered important or relatively interesting films that we discuss. I have a movie collection (mostly euro-horror and such, and access to more) that is so large that I sometimes consider selling some of it. Anyway, we both start with a list, a prepared script, and quickly get off track.
Sometimes my roommate didn't get a chance to see a movie, or he really didn't like something, and I liked it. It's give and take and sometimes we can get tired - yes I know they are long - Jess Franco's filmography is hours long and has at least 3 podcasts.
For Colors of Prog I used to go without a script and for a long time… but that's who I am. Now I try to make them no longer than 30 min. Whatever the ending, not even a cut will help from a mispronounced error or mistake. As I said before, you can correct it with written text…. But with the advent of artificial intelligence, we will see what happens with it."
